Means for securing tips to billiard-cues.



L.PELOQUIN. MEANS FOR SECURING TIPS T0 BILLIARD CUES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.6,191&

1,029,943,. Patented June 18, 1912.

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L. PELOQUIN. MEANS FOR SEGURING TIPS TO BILLIARD CUES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1912.

1,029,943, Patented June 18, 1912.

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W jaw/5 Pe/a wg LOUIS PELOQUIN, OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

MEANS FOR SECURING TIPS'TO BILLIARD-CUES.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented June 18, 1912.

Application filed March 6, 1912. Serial No. 682,041.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS PELOQUIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Southbridge, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Means for Securing Tips to Billiard-Cues, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for securing the tips to billiard cues, that is, for applying the necessary sustained pressure thereon to cause the tips to adhere firmly. A number of devices for this purpose are on the market, but they are of the portable type, that is, in use, are clamped upon the cue. In contradistinction to this type of clevice, my invention consists in a casing, adapted to be permanently secured to a wall, and containing spring-pressed means to exert pressure on a cue while standing on the floor or on a special support.

It also comprises means adapt-ing it for use on cues of varying lengths.

The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention, Figure 1 being a front view, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, with the casing in section, of one form of the invention, Fig. 3 a front view, and Fig. 4 a side elevation of a modified form, and Fig. 5 a detail of still another modification.

In Figs. 1 and 2', the casing 1, which may be either circular or rectangular in cross section, is provided with apertured flanges or lugs 2, by which it may be secured to a wall or the like 3. Slidably mounted in the casing is a piston-head or plunger 4, having a rod 5 projecting therefrom upwardly and through the casing, the end being formed into a ring 6 to form a finger-hold. A strong spring 7 is connected to the underside of the plunger at one end and to the bottom of the casing at the other, whereby the plunger is normally pulled downward. Obviously, a compression spring might be placed between the top of the casing and the plunger, instead. The front of the casing is provided with a longitudinal slot 8, through which passes a projection or extension 9 from the plunger, and the end of said extension is enlarged to form a presser-head 10. In use, the plunger is pulled up by its rod and a billiard cue with a tip cemented thereon is brought under the presser-head, the butt of the cue resting on the floor, and then the spring is allowed to draw the plunger down and exert pressure, through the presser head, upon the cue tip for such length of time as may be necessary to cause the tip to firmly adhere. In order to be able to conveniently accommodate cues of different lengths, I may provide and have illus- ,trated in these figures, a plurality of presserheads at different heights. For this pur pose, the extension 9 carries upwardly and downwardly extending arms 11, each of which carries a presser head 12 at its end.

In Figs. 3 and 4, the extension 9 carries a vertical rod 13 at its outer end, and a plurality of sleeves 14 are rotatably mounted on said rod one above another. Each sleeve carries a presser head 15, any one of which can be brought into operative position to suit the length of cue being repaired. These figures also show a conical cup 16, secured by rods 17 to the back plate 18 of the casing, to receive the butt of the cue. The backplate is also extended upward beyond the casing and bent over to form an eye or hook .19, by which the device may be suspended or lifted. This form may or may not be permanently secured to a wall by means of screws passed through the base-plate.

A further modification is illustrated in Fig. 5, in which the extension 9 carries a vertical rod provided with a series of holes 20, the presser-head 21 having a stem 22 to fit in any one of said holes.

Other modifications may obviously be made without departing from the invention, as covered by the following claims:

1. Means for applying tips to billiard cues, comprising a casing provided with means for attachment to a wall or other vertical surface and with a slot in its front side, a downwardly spring-pressed plunger therein, having an extension projecting through said slot, a presser-head mounted on the end of said projection, arms extending upwardly and downwardly from said extension and a presser head on the end of each arm.

2. Means for applying tips to billiard cues, comprising a casing, having a slot in its front side, a spring-pressed plunger within said casing having an extension passing my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Witthrough said slct, a Olvertical rod secured t; nesses. the outer end 0 SZLi extension, a series 0 presser heads rotatably mounted on said LOUIS PELOQUIN' 5 rod one above the other and a support for Witnesses:

the butt of the cue connected to said casing. JOHN A. WHITTAKER,

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set G. E. FRED LAMOUREUX.

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